If the medium that a wave has to travel through changes, for example from water to glass, the wavelength of the waves change.
The frequency of the waves does not change, but the waves can speed up or slow down when they change medium.
This causes the wave to change direction slightly when it changes medium due to the change in speed, however this only happens when the barrier is at an angle to the direction that the waves are travelling in.
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